Siddarth Sethia
*”I do not question their right to protest”.
*”It was they who signed the NICE and Bidadi township projects”.
“There are no farmers in the padayatra being organized by the BJP and JDS against the Bidadi Township project.
This protest is being done solely for the political future of their family’s boy (Nikhil Kumaraswamy),”stated Chief Minister D.K.Shivakumar.
Shivakumar was responding to reporters’questions in Malur on Monday.
When pointed out that Deve Gowda was participating in the padayatra against the Bidadi Township project, he said,”They have brought party workers from other constituencies to conduct this march.Protesting and demonstrating are their rights in a democracy.I am not saying no to that.”
He further explained,”We are only continuing the project that they initiated.They had proposed compensation of ₹25 lakh.We are giving compensation ranging from ₹2.50 crore to ₹3 crore.”
“It was they who signed the NICE and Bidadi township projects”:
When asked about Kumaraswamy’s allegation that the NICE and Bidadi projects are similar,he replied,”They are the ones who signed off on both those projects. Who created the NICE project?.They did.
But it turned out to be good.Bengaluru has survived today because that road was built.I am not saying what they did was wrong.But their own self-interest was involved in it. I will talk about all of that when the time comes.”
Portfolio allocation soon:
When asked about portfolio allocation for ministers, he said, “I discussed the portfolio allocation with the party high command in Delhi on Sunday evening. It will likely be resolved this evening.”
